[Progression of drug addiction in France (author's transl)]

Almost inexistent in France in 1965, drug addiction, especially to haschih, has since increased in an exponential manner from year to year, with devastating effects in young people. There are no "soft" drugs that can be accepted and "hard" drugs that should be banned, but just drugs that destroy personnality in a more or less rapid manner. This scourge affects mainly young people aged between 16 and 25 years and of all social levels. This tendency can only be reversed by preventive measures which include wide diffusion of all necessary information.